What is Blackrock's investment purchases?

Blackrock (BLK) reported investment purchases of $240.00M in Q4 2025.

What is the long-term trend for Blackrock's investment purchases?

Over 2 years (2022 to 2025), Blackrock's investment purchases has grown at a 29.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $824.00M to $1.38B.

What does investment purchases mean?

The amount of money a company spent to buy stocks, bonds, or other investment securities.

Investing

Investment Purchases

Blackrock Investment Purchases decreased by 66.2% to $240.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Over 2 years (FY 2022 to FY 2025), Investment Purchases shows an upward trend with a 29.6% CAGR.

Analysis

StatementCash Flow Statement

SectionInvesting

CategoryCapital Allocation

SignalContext dependent

VolatilityVolatile

First reportedQ4 2013

Last reportedQ4 2025

How to read this metric

An increase indicates a surplus of cash being deployed into financial markets rather than core operations; a decrease may suggest a need for liquidity.

Detailed definition

The total cash outflow for the acquisition of debt and equity securities, including marketable securities and other fina...

Peer comparison

Large-cap technology firms often show high outflows here as they manage massive cash reserves across global portfolios.

Metric ID: cf_purchases_of_investments

Historical Data

14 periods

	Q1 '22	Q2 '22	Q3 '22	Q4 '22	Q1 '23	Q2 '23	Q3 '23	Q4 '23	Q1 '24	Q2 '24	Q1 '25	Q2 '25	Q3 '25	Q4 '25
Value	$206.00M	$206.00M	$206.00M	$206.00M	$211.50M	$211.50M	$211.50M	$211.50M	$324.00M	$193.00M	$298.00M	$136.00M	$710.00M	$240.00M
QoQ Change	—	+0.0%	+0.0%	+0.0%	+2.7%	+0.0%	+0.0%	+0.0%	+53.2%	-40.4%	+54.4%	-54.4%	+422.1%	-66.2%
YoY Change	—	—	—	—	+2.7%	+2.7%	+2.7%	+2.7%	+53.2%	-8.7%	-8.0%	-29.5%	—	—

Range$136.00M – $710.00M

CAGR+4.8%

Avg YoY Growth+2.2%

Median YoY Growth+2.7%